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Transphobia is a False Premise


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Phobia is an irrational fear of something. A persistent, abnormal, and

irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to
avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not
dangerous.
from Greek phobos "fear, panic fear, terror, outward show of fear;
object of fear or terror," originally "flight"
In this case, transgender people
Redefinition is “fear OR HATRED” of transgender people
Hatred not a part of other phobias
Other phobias are identified by the phobic individual, with TRANSPHOBIA,
it is identified by someone else.
This is essentially a made up definition to get you to ignore your
concerns about gender ideology and what it means for a loved one to
decide that they are transgender. People who say they are transgender
are just like everyone else and just as deserving of love and respect as
anyone else, but their preoccupation with gender ideology can eclipse
other aspects of their identity, and often a part of their ideology
includes demanding that those around them reflect their gender fixation
back to them in a particular way. I want to encourage you to reject
that framework. Going along with the gender framework is not helpful
for your loved one, who is essentially at war with his or her body and
reproductive system. Remaining firmly grounded in truth and focused on
other aspects of the individual and your relationship with them is more
compassionate because it does not encourage them in their
self-rejection.
If you do this, however, you will be called a transphobe. In this video
I go over some of the ways this term is being used and get into some of
the logical distortions and inconsistencies in the gender framework.
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